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I Live Here Now

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In the surreal landscape of I LIVE HERE NOW, struggling actress Rose (Lucy Fry) finds her life upended by unexpected news. She's suddenly forced to confront a future she never thought possible, just as a major career opportunity with top agent Cindy Abrams (Cara Seymour) comes into view. Things spiral further when her casual boyfriend, Travis (Matt Rife) brings his overbearing mother (Sheryl Lee) into the fold, pushing Rose to the brink. She flees to The Crown Inn, a crumbling motel at the edge of nowhere, where time fractures and reality bends. Haunted by sleep paralysis, splintered memories, and eerie motel dwellers, especially the enigmatic Lillian (Madeline Brewer), Rose begins to unravel. To move forward, she must confront the buried truth of her past that her body has never forgotten.

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Josh Slater-Williams The Skinny Less a demonstration of just how interconnected disparate forms of pain and trauma can be, and more that a promising young director could stand to leave some eggs out of an overflowing basket of ideas. Rated: 2/5 Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Genevieve Radosti MovieJawn he film serves as an exciting calling card for Julie Pacino, whose confident visual flair, unflinching and trauma-informed screenplay, and literary references elevate I Live Here Now above other psychological films about actors with identity issues. Aug 19, 2025 Full Review Sara Clements Next Best Picture For viewers willing to descend into Rose’s inferno, it’s a must-watch, nightmarish journey through the female psyche in all its broken, blistering, and beautiful complexity Rated: 7/10 Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Jonathan DeHaan Nightmare on Film Street In the strangest Ven Diagram of year, it's the perfect film for fans of Anna Biller's The Love Witch, the Coen brothers' Barton Fink, and the novels of Shirley Jackson. Rated: 75% Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Nadine Whitney AWFJ.org I Live Here Now is an incredibly assured debut by Julie Pacino that disturbs and intrigues. It is a dark and majestic work of psychological and body horror that refuses to hold back on harm done. A twisted fairytale of courage and claimed selfhood. Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Kurt Halfyard ScreenAnarchy A kind of gothic inner-romance, full of childhood trauma, body issues, and psychological keyholes. It is a saturated fairy tale of self-therapy-by-fire. The painful birth of a new-you, built out of the anxieties, projections, and flesh, of the old you. Jul 29, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Julie Pacino

Director

Lucy Fry

Rose

Matt Rife

Travis

Madeline Brewer

Lillian

Sarah Rich

Sid

Lara Clear

Ada
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Movie Info

Synopsis In the surreal landscape of I LIVE HERE NOW, struggling actress Rose (Lucy Fry) finds her life upended by unexpected news. She's suddenly forced to confront a future she never thought possible, just as a major career opportunity with top agent Cindy Abrams (Cara Seymour) comes into view. Things spiral further when her casual boyfriend, Travis (Matt Rife) brings his overbearing mother (Sheryl Lee) into the fold, pushing Rose to the brink. She flees to The Crown Inn, a crumbling motel at the edge of nowhere, where time fractures and reality bends. Haunted by sleep paralysis, splintered memories, and eerie motel dwellers, especially the enigmatic Lillian (Madeline Brewer), Rose begins to unravel. To move forward, she must confront the buried truth of her past that her body has never forgotten.
Director
Julie Pacino
Producer
Kyle Kaminsky
Screenwriter
Julie Pacino
Production Co
Utopia, Tiny Apples, Punch Once Productions
Genre
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m